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Details Title: Mid-Term Review Description: Kinship Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 10/05/2007 15:28:38	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term lineage Definition a kinship group based on a unilineal descent rule that is localized, has some corporate powers, and whose members can trace their actual relationships to each other Term matrilineal descent Definition A rule of descent relating a person to a group of consanguine kind on the basis of descent through females only. Term patrilineal descent Definition A rule of descent relating consanguine kin on the basis of descent through males only. Term affinity Definition fundamental principle of relationships linking kin through marriage Term consanguinity Definition The principle of relationship linking individuals by shared ancestry (blood) Term descent Definition a rule of relationship that ties people together on the basis of reputed common ancestry Term alliance Definition update Term Household Definition Basic unit of economic production in small-scale societies organized around kinship. Term endogamy Definition marriage within a designated social unit Term exogamy Definition marriage outside any designated group Term polygyny Definition form of polygamy in which a man is married to two or more women at one time Term polyandry Definition A form of polygamy in which a woman has two or more husbands at one time